E. Öpik

4.6k total citations
105 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

E. Öpik is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, E. Öpik has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 82 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 13 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 11 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in E. Öpik's work include Astro and Planetary Science (55 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (33 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (15 papers). E. Öpik is often cited by papers focused on Astro and Planetary Science (55 papers), Planetary Science and Exploration (33 papers) and Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life (15 papers). E. Öpik collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. E. Öpik's co-authors include S. Fred Singer, Jacques Van Mieghem, B. Gutenberg, M. L. Smith, P. Connor, W. H. Hardwick, Gustav Herdan, P. W. Hodge, John C. Brandt and Otto Struve and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

E. Öpik

97 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
E. Öpik 2.2k 431 371 280 153 105 2.8k
G. P. Kuiper 1.9k 0.9× 180 0.4× 283 0.8× 339 1.2× 81 0.5× 82 2.2k
R. T. Reynolds 3.8k 1.7× 571 1.3× 761 2.1× 224 0.8× 84 0.5× 84 4.1k
I.M. Levitt 724 0.3× 277 0.6× 282 0.8× 202 0.7× 74 0.5× 57 1.7k
Francis S. Johnson 2.2k 1.0× 304 0.7× 836 2.3× 465 1.7× 65 0.4× 82 3.1k
R. F. Jurgens 2.3k 1.1× 295 0.7× 589 1.6× 376 1.3× 63 0.4× 125 2.6k
T. Economou 2.3k 1.1× 242 0.6× 455 1.2× 337 1.2× 119 0.8× 72 2.9k
J. H. Hoffman 3.9k 1.8× 515 1.2× 1.0k 2.8× 642 2.3× 93 0.6× 96 4.6k
Steven Soter 2.0k 0.9× 428 1.0× 331 0.9× 121 0.4× 40 0.3× 50 2.7k
M. Podolak 4.0k 1.8× 344 0.8× 417 1.1× 129 0.5× 88 0.6× 106 4.2k
E.V. Appleton 851 0.4× 296 0.7× 472 1.3× 259 0.9× 84 0.5× 47 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by E. Öpik

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Fields of papers citing papers by E. Öpik

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by E. Öpik. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by E. Öpik. The network helps show where E. Öpik may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. Öpik

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of E. Öpik. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of E. Öpik based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with E. Öpik. E. Öpik is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Öpik, E.. (1979). Barnard's Star. 14. 26.
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Öpik, E.. (1978). NEWS and COMMENTS: Charon, the Remarkable Satellite of Pluto; Origin by Fission and the Mass of Charon; Astronomy and the News Media; Large Numbers not so Large at all; Colonization of Space; Ufomania; Germs from Space?; Creation and Evolution. 13. 198. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1974). A meteorite that got away. 11. 165. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1973). The optical oblateness of Mars. 11. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1973). Our Cosmic Destiny. 11. 113. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1972). Comments on Lunar Origin. 10. 190. 18 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1970). Comet Tago-Sato-Kosaka (1969g).. 9. 227. 3 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1970). The Sonic Boom of the Boveedy Meteorite. 9. 308. 2 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1969). Comments on Cosmic Physics. 9. 173. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1969). Mars: the Changing Picture. 9. 136. 3 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1969). Tidal Evolution of the Earth-Moon System. 9. 120. 2 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1967). Evolution of the Moon's Surface I. 8. 38. 6 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1964). Comet nuclei as the principal source of meteorites.. 12. 589–594. 2 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1963). Photometry, dimensions, and ablation rate of comets. 6. 93. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1958). Perturbations of a Satellite by an Oblate Planet. 5. 79. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1958). Meteor Impact on Solid Surface. 5. 14. 25 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1955). Meteor radiation, ionization and atomic luminous efficiency. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 230(1183). 463–501. 17 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1955). The Origin of Meteorites and the Constitution of the Terrestrial Planets. 3. 206. 1 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1954). Disturbances in Dwarf Stars caused by Nuclear Reactions and Gas Diffusion. 5. 187. 2 indexed citations
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Öpik, E.. (1953). On the Causes of Palaeoclimatic Variations and of the Ice Ages in Particular. Journal of Glaciology. 2(13). 213–218. 10 indexed citations

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